Last week I unveiled my annual year-end favourite albums post, just as many other blogger and journalists do at the time of year. I spend a great deal of time each week listening to records, and typically end up writing one to two reviews a week that get posted here, so a wrap up post about full albums makes sense. When it comes to songs, though, things get a bit more complicated.

For the most part, each and every time I write a post on Quick Before It Melts, it ends with a link to a song by the artist being discussed that day. In a year’s worth of posts, that amounts to a heck of a lot of songs to distill into a neat, little list of my favourites. And honestly, I don’t want to write anymore lists, or write a sentence or two to justify why I like a particular song, let alone why I like 75 songs.

So, no list, no ranking, and no justification other than to say that the following 75 songs, divided up over 5 discs, amounting to 5:25 hours of music amount to what has essentially been my 2011 soundtrack. Click on the title of each one to download. I hope you find something here to enjoy yourself, and if the mood strikes you, please feel free to pass this on to others.

Regular posts will start again after the holiday weekend, so here’s wishing you and yours all the best!

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Wow. That’s a blast from the past I wasn’t anticipating. I’m blown away that you’re still digging that mix. If I do say so myself, it was a pretty great mix, and one that I listened to a lot back then. Haven’t played it in awhile, but your comment has inspired me to go back and give it a spin tonight. Here’s the link to the original post – http://www.quickbeforeitmelts.com/2007/08/hear-the-burn/ – and if anyone is interested in hearing what QBiM was digging back in 2007 (which includes two artists who appeared on our 2011 year-end favourites list, oddly enough), you can grab the Summer Burn Out Mix here -> http://www.mediafire.com/?54dv55dkc8cjof9